Academic Appointments

since 2013   Senior Scientist
                    Research Group for Marine Geochemistry (ICBM-MPI Bridging Group)
                    ICBM, University of Oldenburg

2009-2013   Research Scientist
                    Max Planck Research Group for Marine Geochemistry
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2006-2009   PostDoc Scientist
                    University of Aarhus, Denmark

2005-2006   PostDoc Scientist
                    Eawag Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

2005            PostDoc Fellowship
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2003            SOAS-Graduate Scholarship
                    University of Aarhus, Denmark

2000-2003   PhD Student
                    Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

University Education

2005            PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geosciences
                    University of Bremen
                    Thesis: "Composition and degradation of organic matter
                    in sediments from the Peru-Chile upwelling region"

2000-2005  PhD studies
                   Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen

2000           Diploma in Marine Environmental Sciences
                   ICBM, University of Oldenburg
                   Thesis: "Analysis of aromatic amino acids in natural
                   seawater samples using fluorescence spectroscopy"

1995-2000  Studies of Marine Environmental Sciences
                   ICBM, University of Oldenburg

1993-1996   Studies of Chemistry
                   University of Oldenburg